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“Sinn Feiners have taken a house at corner of Haddington Rd and Northumberland”

Dublin Metropolitan Police Telephone

Donnybrook Station of Origin Date 24 4 1916 Receivedat 5.57pm Sent at 6pm

From SS Herbert To Chief Comm

Mr. Hudson Capt of Pembroke Fire Brigade states that Sinn Feiners have taken a house at corner of Haddington Rd and Northumberland at the crossing and are shooting people there and have shot several people already